27-year-old woman sustains right orbital fracture and multiple rib fractures after a condo water tank falls from the top of the building and crashes to the ground near her, expelling a torrent of water and debris that swept her through a parking lot.

June 27, 2017

Shannon McNulty

$399,000

Obtained a settlement at start of trial for an on-duty Chicago Police detective whose vehicle was struck by a delivery truck as the police vehicle proceeded through the intersection.

Nursing agency negligently left handrails down on bed and 81-year-old woman falls out and dies a day later.

May 31, 2017

Sarah F. King

$2.1 million

Chicago hospital fails to timely diagnose and treat a 43-year-old woman for a bacterial infection that previous tests indicated was present, leading the patient to suffer a bacterial infection of the heart and embolic strokes.

51-year-old traveling salesman sustains contusions and low back strain when he is struck by a taxi while walking toward the rental car shuttle at O'Hare Airport.

April 24, 2017

Bradley M. Cosgrove

$550,000

Wrongful death of a 58-year-old man with history of apnea in hospital for severe back pain and his respiratory status was not properly monitored, recognized or managed (settlement with primary care physician; hospital and neurosurgeon previously settled).

April 24, 2017

Robert P. Walsh

$325,000

43-year-old woman suffers concussion when turning truck collides into her vehicle in northern suburb of Chicago.

April 21, 2017

Bradley M. Cosgrove

$940,000

A then eight-year-old girl who sustained injuries to her right thumb due to a dog bite after she was asked to help a veterinary employee capture a runaway animal.

69-year-old former coach and high school teacher is erroneously prescribed incorrect dosage of long-acting insulin following heart transplant and suffers hypoglycemia-induced encephalopathy and cognitive diminishment requiring life-long care.

June 20, 2016

Michael S. Krzak/Robert A. Clifford

$7 million

28-year-old construction worker killed in Tennessee when struck by semi-tractor trailer in a construction zone; leaves a wife and two small children.

June 16, 2016

Shannon M. McNulty

$220,000

Bake shop worker slipped on freezer floor that was installed with an inadequate slip resistant coating.

June 7, 2016

Robert P. Walsh

$100,000 (policy limits)

37-year-old man with special needs is struck by car and killed while walking across a busy intersection at night.

June 4, 2016

Robert P. Walsh

$100,000 (two policy limits)

47-year-old nurse suffers rotator cuff injury when she is hit by car on icy roadway in DuPage County.

June 3, 2016

Robert P. Walsh

$100,000 (policy limits)

52-year-old businessman is a passenger in co-workers car when it is sideswiped in Houston, aggravating a prior back condition

10-year-old boy riding his bike in Lake County collides with bus and suffers non-displaced fractured tibia.

May 20, 2016

Richard F. Burke Jr.

$500,000

14-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy broke his leg when uneven slabs of pavement caused him to fall as he was entering a medical building for a doctor's appointment.

May 17, 2016

Richard F. Burke Jr.

$230,000

Residential backyard deck collapses during party causing back injuries to 60-year-old man and his wife.

May 14, 2016

Robert P. Walsh

$100,000 (partial)

45-year-old marine biologist suffers a concussion and soft tissue neck injury when he is rear-ended in South Suburbs.

May 10, 2016

Shannon M. McNulty, Michael S. Krzak

$6.5 million

Wrongful death of a 35 year old husband and father after a failure to timely diagnose an aortic dissection, failure to administer a CT scan, and a failure to observe and follow up on abnormal findings present on chest x-ray administered in emergency room.

49-year-old nurse suffers back injury when car in which she is a passenger is rear-ended on Kennedy Expressway.

October 31, 2014

Robert P. Walsh

$100,000

19-year-old waitress was traveling westbound on 119th Street when defendant pulled out in front of her; she sustained eye injuries from air bag

October 8, 2014

Bradley M. Cosgrove

$250,000 Settlement

A 72 year old woman's primary care doctor failed to follow up on a CT scan, which lead to surgical removal of her left kidney.

July 22, 2014

Robert P. Walsh

$100,000

42-year-old contractor suffers herniated disk in low back and rotator cuff injury after being rear-ended in DuPage County

June 12, 2014

Robert P. Walsh

$187,500

14-year-old boy and 11-year-old girl suffered injuries when a tractor-trailer truck lost control striking them as it crashed into a CTA station in Chinatown

April 1, 2014

Craig J. Squillace

$200,000

45-year-old man sustained torn rotator cuff when the vehicle he was in was T-boned by defendant at intersection

March 3, 2014

Sean P. Driscoll

$1,000,000 Settlement

87-year-old female sustained cervical injuries and eventually died after truck made left-hand turn in front of car she was a passenger in

March 3, 2014

Robert A. Clifford

$100,000 Settlement (Policy Limit)

24-year-old woman struck and killed by vehicle while crossing the street

February 27, 2014

Bradley M. Cosgrove, Marta Kowalczyk Davidson

$2.75 Million Verdict

Bradley Cosgrove obtained a $2.75 million near record settlement in a medial malpractice case in DeKalb County.

February 20, 2014

Robert P. Walsh

$195,000 Settlement

24-year-old salesman killed in a motorcycle Accident

February 6, 2014

Bradley M. Cosgrove

$2,750,000 Partial Settlement

45 year old male, survived by his wife and two minor children, presented to hospital with complaints of back and bilateral leg pain with swelling. Physicians failed to diagnose and treat a deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolus which ultimately led to this death.

July 28, 2014

Bradley M. Cosgrove

$250,000 Partial Settlement

23 year old male suffers from failed laparoscopic gallbladder surgery which resulted in a blocked bile duct causing peritonitis and injury.

July 25, 2014

Keith A. Hebeisen, Kenneth C. Chessick, M.D.

$700,000

woman suffers injury to nerve in arm during knee surgery

July 1, 2014

Bradley M. Cosgrove, Marta Kowalczyk Davidson

$4,000,000 Verdict

51 year old male died from be hypoxia, obstruction of airway, hematoma following a carotid endarterectomy when the nursing staff failed to contact a physician to report signs and symptoms of a post-operative hematoma.

June 19, 2014

Bradley M. Cosgrove

$4 Million Verdict

For the third time in six months, Bradley Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, has obtained a verdict for a victim of medical malpractice.

June 16, 2014

Bradley M. Cosgrove

$500,000

50-year-old male dies within 24 hours from negligent and inadequate treatment of severe abdominal pain from a bowel obstruction, severe dehydration, hypokalemia, hyponatremia that led to a cardiac arrhythmia

June 4, 2014

Keith A. Hebeisen

$1.8 Million

Man suffers an intra-operative stroke.

April 19, 2014

Bradley M. Cosgrove

$14 Million Verdict

Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices, obtained a $14 million verdict on behalf of a 37-year-old Chicago woman.

March 20, 2014

Robert P. Walsh

$320,000

51 year old project manager suffers fractured foot and knee when her car is, struck by left turning motorist in Northwest suburbs

March 3, 2014

Sean P. Driscoll

$1,000,000 Settlement

87-year-old female sustained cervical injuries and eventually died after truck made left-hand turn in front of car she was a passenger in

March 3, 2014

Robert A. Clifford

$100,000 Settlement (Policy Limit)

24-year-old woman struck and killed by vehicle while crossing the street

February 20, 2014

Robert P. Walsh

$195,000 Settlement

24-year-old salesman killed in a motorcycle Accident

November 22, 2013

Keith A. Hebeisen, Sarah F. King

$15,550,000 Verdict

33-year-old woman dies after cesarean section due to massive bleeding caused by doctors' negligence in failing to diagnose and properly treat placenta abnormality

November 20, 2013

Bradley M. Cosgrove

$885,000 Verdict

69-year-old man suffers a ruptured appendix due to a doctor's negligence

October 15, 2013

Craig J. Squillace

$205,000 Settlement

84-year-old man dies after falling onto the ground as he was descending from a bus

September 27, 2013

Robert A. Clifford

$425,000 Settlement

Home health care worker suffers nerve damage and scarring on arm when bit by a dog owned by her elderly client

September 25, 2013

Kristofer S. Riddle, Richard F. Burke, Jr.

$120,000 Settlement

27-year-old female sustained a broken jaw as the result of an altercation outside of a downtown nightclub

September 23, 2013

Robert A. Clifford

$825,000 Settlement

41-year-old male suffers back injuries and loses spleen after being struck in an intersection by a medical transport van that ran a red light

August 29, 2013

Robert P. Walsh

$142,500 Settlement

19-year-old woman suffers laceration when she slipped in a downstate gas station bathroom.

Medical negligence action alleging Defendants' failure to timely perform a caesarean section in lieu of a vaginal birth, resulting in a permanent brachial plexus injury to the minor

October 24, 2012

Michael S. Krzak, Robert A. Clifford, Sean P. Driscoll

$11,400,000 Settlement

57-year-old mechanic suffers catastrophic orthopedic injuries and internal injuries when he is run over by a tractor-trailer while performing repairs to marker lights on the trailer in an area of the railroad yard designated by the railroad to conduct such repairs

57-year-old retired school teacher suffers fractured jaw when she is hit by a negligent driver making a left-hand turn on Chicago's north side.

June 11, 2012

Shannon M. McNulty

$156,633 Settlement

Driver rear ended in collision at shopping mall results in herniation of disks in back.

June 8, 2012

Kimberly M. Halvorsen

$1,900,000 Settlement

National retail pharmacy errantly dispensed a lethal chemotherapy drug to the wrong customer, leading to a rare condition that burns the skin and killed the 77-year-old plaintiff.

May 24, 2012

Michael S. Krzak

$1,000,000 Settlement

Wrongful death of 21-year-old single male from Latvia who was killed when the mini-van he was driving was struck by a semi tractor-trailer combination near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left surviving him, his mother, father and adult sister who all live in Latvia.

May 21, 2012

Keith A. Hebeisen

$8,500,000 Settlement

defendants failed to timely diagnose and treat blood infection, resulting in severe and permanent damage to child's heart and brain

May 4, 2012

Shannon M. McNulty

$1,750,000 (Canadian) Settlement

Two police officers suffered fatal injuries when their professionally guided boat capsized while on a hunting expedition in Canada.

May 4, 2012

Robert A. Clifford

$1,700,000 Settlement

45-year-old woman undergoes amputation of right leg as a result of physicians failing to timely treat blood clots.

April 27, 2012

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$132,200 Settlement

Patients from an inpatient substance abuse program sustain neck and back injuries while on a field trip when their van collides with another vehicle in northwest suburbs.

April 16, 2012

Robert P. Walsh

$310,000 Settlement

53-year-old nurse and her 60-year-old retired husband injured on the Edens Expressway when their car collided with a water tank that fell off a truck which had struck an overpass because the truck driver failed to lower hydraulics.

April 2, 2012

Robert A. Clifford

$190,000 Settlement

Schoolteacher hit by turning cab as she was walking in a crosswalk, resulting in a broken leg.

April 1, 2012

Michael S. Krzak

$5,000,000 Settlement

73-year-old man struck on his bicycle by vehicle loses right leg below the knee and now wears a prosthetic device.

March 29, 2012

Craig J. Squillace

$140,000 Settlement

Husband and wife suffer head, neck and back injuries when their vehicle was struck from behind by driver.

56-year-old railroad worker sustains an aggravation to his pre-existing back injury when his car is struck by a turning motorist in Will County.

March 8, 2012

Robert P. Walsh

$220,000 Settlement

19-year-old woman sustains back injury when vehicle she is riding is struck on I-55.

March 6, 2012

Susan A. Capra

$1,250,000 Settlement

Defendants failed to treat 60 year old with anticoagulation medication during a procedure to shock heart back to normal rhythm resulting in a stroke.

February 17, 2012

Robert P. Walsh

$500,000 Settlement

32-year-old carpenter suffers fractured pelvis when he falls off the back of his friend's 4-wheeler in Peoria.

February 13, 2012

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$425,000 Settlement

Plaintiff suffered a shoulder injury when he fell on an unnatural accumulation of ice on a sidewalk that formed as a result of a leak in a can light in a defective canopy.

February 12, 2012

Robert A. Clifford

$100,000 Settlement

8-year-old falls from monkey bars and suffers a fractured arm due to inadequate wood chips on the playground.

January 31, 2012

Robert A. Clifford

$200,000 Settlement

28-year-old woman struck by a car and suffered a non-operable pelvic fracture.

January 24, 2012

Robert P. Walsh

$200,000 Settlement

48-year-old pedestrian suffers cracked vertebrae when struck by a car in Des Plaines.

January 17, 2012

Keith A. Hebeisen, Susan A. Capra

$2,700,000 Settlement

ICU nursing staff at a Chicago-area hospital failed to property monitor and provide for the safety of a patient following coronary artery bypass and mitral valve surgery, resulting in a preventable fall and cardiopulmonary arrest that caused irreversible brain damage and death of a 64-year-old man.

January 6, 2012

Robert P. Walsh

$1,000,000 Settlement

52-year-old Coast Guard officer about to be deployed to Middle East is killed when his vehicle was rear-ended by a truck on 80-94 in northwest Indiana; insurer paid policy limits.

Surgeon errantly failed to remove sponge during procedure requiring a second surgery to remove the surgical sponge.

May 2, 2011

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$175,000 Settlement

49-year-old nurse is rear-ended in Kane County and suffers back and neck injuries.

March 4, 2011

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$400,000 Settlement

Woman taking cardiac treadmill stress test was given drug which was contraindicated in light of her history of asthma resulted in esophageal tear during resuscitation efforts.

March 4, 2011

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$110,000 Settlement

30-year-old police officer suffers neck and back injuries when she is rear ended at a north side stoplight by a van carrying senior citizens.

February 22, 2011

Kevin P. Durkin, Sean P. Driscoll

$4,500,000

In December, 2009, a 62 year old male Indiana resident was killed as a result of an Accident involving the failure of industrial equipment at a manufacturing plant. Defendants included the plant owner, the plant contractor, and the industrial equipment manufacturers.

January 13, 2011

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$650,000 Settlement

20-year-old male electrician sustained fractures to the face and his right leg which required surgery when the vehicle in which he was traveling struck a tractor trailer as it negligently exited a gas station.

Defendant physician treated plaintiff with multiple medications for severe headaches that he diagnosed as migraines for over three years without ever conducting an MRI which, when eventually performed, revealed the presence of a benign brain tumor.

December 1, 2010

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$3,500,000 (Verdict)

8-year-old boy dies when an unsafely designed seatback in a conversion van collapses and traps him in the rear portion of his family's vehicle.

30-year-old man retrieving packages from the rear seat of his parked car is struck by westbound motorist on north side and suffers fractured hip.

August 27, 2010

Kevin P. Durkin

$4,000,000 Verdict

Wrongful death of an infant that was born prematurely caused by the failure of physicians and nurses to recognize the severity of lung infection and admit the infant to the hospital despite multiple visits to the ER.

July 15, 2010

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$190,000 Settlement

18-year-old pedestrian suffered concussion and open wounds to her face and leg requiring surgery following infection after she was struck by Pace bus as it turned into a bus station on the Northwest side.

July 9, 2010

Kimberly M. Halvorsen

$5,000,000 Settlement

Hospital and primary care physician failed to timely diagnose and treat lung cancer, resulting in death of 45-year-old mother.

July 8, 2010

Robert A. Clifford

$3,000,000 Settlement

35-year-old male passenger suffered multiple facial, arm, rib and hip fractures, requiring surgery, when driver lost control of vehicle and struck a tree.

July 2, 2010

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$110,836 Settlement

Man was rear-ended and killed by a speeding uninsured intoxicated motorist.

June 30, 2010

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$150,000 Settlement

52-year-old retired sanitation worker from New York who worked on the post-9/11 clean up was rear-ended while northbound on I-94 in Lake County and suffered a fractured thumb, requiring surgery and permanent metal screws to be implanted.

June 28, 2010

Robert A. Clifford, Sean P. Driscoll

$2,000,000 Settlement

Cook County employee fractures hip and shoulder after speeding Metra heading to Chicago derails when conductor ignores switch signal and fails to perform a successful crossover from one track to another.

Father of two killed after sliding door to minivan improperly opens during Accident involving rollover of the vehicle.

April 16, 2010

Kimberly M. Halvorsen

$2,910,000 Verdict

Anesthesiologist improperly intubates a 52-year-old woman who dies following a routine outpatient procedure at a surgery center in the southwest suburbs.

April 13, 2010

Robert A. Clifford

$300,000 Settlement

Improper insertion of surgical screw during lower back surgery resulted in nerve injury.

March 24, 2010

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$220,000 Settlement

22-year-old woman fell on an unnatural accumulation of ice on neighbor's driveway suffering a fractured ankle.

March 12, 2010

Robert A. Clifford

$2,200,000 Settlement

19-year-old freshman dies of alcohol toxicity due to university's failure to adequately train resident assistant on duty to recognize the signs and symptoms of severe alcohol toxicity.

March 5, 2010

Robert A. Clifford

$1,000,000 Settlement

74-year-old man dies from blood clot after being tackled by police who improperly and negligently determined that he was involved in gang activity.

February 10, 2010

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$100,000 Settlement

79-year-old gun club member fell at event and fractured his arm which required surgical repair.

January 8, 2010

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$375,000 Settlement

79-year-old bachelor pedestrian struck and killed by motorist on Chicago's north side.

December 29, 2009

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$150,000 Settlement

45-year-old woman was rear-ended on the Kennedy Expressway and sustained chronic permanent pain in her neck and back.

December 15, 2009

Robert A. Clifford

$2,500,000 Settlement

21-year-old student crushed to death on the premises of Wrigley Field when a dilapidated wall collapsed on him during an afternoon windstorm.

October 19, 2009

Keith A. Hebeisen, Susan A. Capra

$1,400,000 Settlement

Medical negligence case involving a young woman who undergoes an unnecessary hysterectomy during which her bowel was lacerated, resulting in a severe infection that causes permanent injuries.

October 14, 2009

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$3,125,000 Settlement

A Scripto-Tokai barbeque lighter, designed without a child safety device, results in a 3 year old operating the lighter near his 18-month-old sister's bed and she suffers severe burn injuries and her death.

October 13, 2009

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$450,000 Settlement

Woman sustained a severed ureter and punctured bladder during a laparoscopic hysterectomy necessitating a second surgery for repair of the injuries and causing bladder dysfunction.

October 12, 2009

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$1,200,000 Settlement

37-year-old heating contractor and father of four is electrocuted at a manufacturing plant undergoing remodeling where other contractors did not ensure power had been shut off in designated work area.

October 12, 2009

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$1,200,000 Settlement

37-year-old heating contractor and father of four is electrocuted at a manufacturing plant undergoing remodeling where other contractors did not ensure power had been shut off in designated work area.

September 16, 2009

Keith A. Hebeisen

$5,000,000 Verdict

Doctor performs unnecessary hysterectomy on 31-year-old Chicago area woman after c-section to deliver her first child.

18-year-old cosmetologist who was a passenger in a left turning car which was broadsided at an intersection in southwest suburban Cook County suffers broken back. Host driver's insurance company paid policy limits.

June 1, 2009

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$225,000 Settlement

34-year-old social worker sustains abrasions and burns after she was struck by a car while walking her bike across Lake Shore Drive entrance ramp.

June 1, 2009

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$100,000 Settlement

15-year-old passenger in van suffers fractured kneecap in single vehicle Accident in River Forest.

May 5, 2009

Robert A. Clifford

$640,000 Partial Settlement

High school student who had right of way is killed when police car involved in a high-speed chase collides into student's vehicle.

May 4, 2009

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$100,000 Settlement

31-year-old cab passenger sustains facial lacerations and dental injuries when the taxi in which he was riding was involved in an intersection collision in Chicago.

April 8, 2009

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$150,000 Settlement

Defendant driver of flatbed truck was hauling steel that extended four feet beyond the bed of the truck with no warning flags; 23-year-old client drove into the rear of the defendant truck and was struck in the head by the steel, suffering a concussion and facial fractures.

March 30, 2009

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$100,000 Settlement

15-year-old male passenger suffers neck injury requiring surgery when his 16-year-old friend lost control of his vehicle and struck a light pole in Will County.

February 24, 2009

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$325,000 Settlement

47-year-old Wisconsin woman in Chicago to celebrate 25th wedding anniversary is rear ended by out-of-town businessman and she is forced to undergo cervical fusion in her back; minor damage to car.

February 19, 2009

Sean P. Driscoll

$425,000 Partial Settlement

44-year-old father dies after hospital failed to obtain an adequate and appropriate medical history, failed to take a CT scan of the brain and failed to diagnose bleeding on his brain.

January 22, 2009

Robert A. Clifford

$150,000 Settlement

Home care attendant's negligence causes elderly cancer patient to fall and suffer head injury resulting in his death.

January 12, 2009

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$2,500,000 Settlement

Young mother is in labor for 25 hours with prolonged periods during which her baby was deprived of sufficient oxygen and suffered from poor fetal tones; her son is born with cerebral palsy and he dies two years later from a seizure disorder.

December 9, 2008

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$1,295,000 Settlement

56-year-old accountant and father of three was killed when the driver of an SUV lost control and crashed into a fast food restaurant where he was dining in Kane County.

September 11, 2008

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$300,000 Settlement

53-year-old nursing administrator suffers neck injury when her car is rear ended in a three-car collision on Tri-State expressway.

July 1, 2008

Sean P. Driscoll

$1,400,000 Settlement

Newborn baby dies after pediatric surgeon unsuccessfully operates on hernia four times, including one at infant's bedside

June 1, 2008

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$600,000

Father of two killed as a passenger in a limousine when driver has a heart attack and limo strikes a tree while departing from Florida airport terminal

April 30, 2008

Kevin P. Durkin, Robert A. Clifford

$100,000,000

Six people killed and 16 others injured at the Cook County Administration Building in Chicago's downtown when firefighters failed to save people stuck in smoky high-rise stairwell; one of the highest personal injury settlements in Chicago's Cook County history

April 21, 2008

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$2,800,000

16-year-old high schooler suffered traumatic brain injury when a bus rammed the car in which he was a passenger.

March 3, 2008

Kevin P. Durkin, Robert A. Clifford

$14,000,000

A one-year-old boy suffered permanent brain damage after choking on an apple slice at a daycare center where workers failed to monitor him.

March 2, 2008

Keith A. Hebeisen, Susan A. Capra

$2,270,000

Failure to diagnose and treat monochorionic twin pregnancy results in severe brain damage of one little girl and wrongful death of her twin sister.

33-year-old physical trainer and mother of two is severely disfigured when her healthy breast is unnecessarily removed when a lab technician negligently mixes up her slide with that of another woman's.

Negligent managing of labor and delivery of mother's first born results in infant girl suffering serious and permanent brain damage

September 18, 2007

Keith A. Hebeisen, Susan A. Capra

$2,000,000 Settlement

Failure of doctors and hospital personnel to timely perform a c-section results in baby's death

September 13, 2007

Sean P. Driscoll

$500,000 Verdict

84-year-old grandfather with swallowing problems dies when Chicago hospital personnel fail to properly monitor him while eating and he chokes on food

August 6, 2007

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$600,000 Settlement

Driver of an unstable SUV killed when her vehicle rolled over on a flat and dry rural road

February 12, 2007

Keith A. Hebeisen, Susan A. Capra

$4,250,000 Settlement

40-year-old mom of two dies from negligent care during gastric bypass surgery and post-operative care.

October 12, 2006

Robert A. Clifford, Sean P. Driscoll

$15,800,000 Verdict

12-year-old girl is left permanently brain damaged and wheelchair-bound after a YMCA van strikes her as she attempts to cross an intersection in south suburban Harvey

September 21, 2006

Kevin P. Durkin,

$2,250,000 Settlement

Truck loses control and strikes car, killing young mother of two in Indiana

June 5, 2006

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

Confidential Amount

49-year-old mother permanently paralyzed while seat belted in a reclined passenger seat in a van that was involved in a motor vehicle Accident; vehicle manufacturer failed to adequately provide warnings of inadequate protection while seat is in that position

Off-duty Prospect Heights police officer on a motorcycle is sideswiped by an off-duty Chicago police officer on Interstate 90/94 as she attempts to enter local lanes from the express lane; officer on motorcycle suffers broken leg and other injuries requiring missing two months of work.

April 25, 2006

Robert A. Clifford

$5,000,000 Partial Settlement

Neurosurgeon using spine instruments during surgery caused permanent incontinence in a 30 year-old-woman due in part to manufacturer failing to advise surgeon about the appropriate imaging required for the proper use of the instruments

March 1, 2006

Robert A. Clifford

$1,250,000 Settlement

Police shoot at suspect and innocent bystander gets bullet fragment in the eye

February 1, 2006

Kevin P. Durkin, Robert A. Clifford

$70,000,000 Settlement

Two young women killed and three others seriously injured when scaffolding collapses from the John Hancock Center in windy conditions; settlement represents majority of $77 million global agreement in consolidated cases where Clifford Law Offices acted as lead counsel in taking more than 100 depositions

October 26, 2005

Richard F. Burke, Jr.

$380,000 Settlement

33-year-old passenger on new custom motorcycle is thrown from vehicle and sustains fractured skull when front wheel locks up because of manufacturer's improper lubrication of wheel bearings

October 20, 2005

Richard F. Burke, Jr., Shannon M. McNulty

$1,030,000 Settlement

74-year-old grandmother and passenger in car driven by her husband is struck and killed by police car speeding through intersection in residential neighborhood during non-emergency patrol without lights or activated sirens

June 29, 2005

Craig J. Squillace, Robert P. Walsh

$365,000 Settlement

24-year-old woman driving southbound hit by car making left at intersection in Glenview sustains fractured leg that required surgery

51-year-old man who survived crash of Caribbean Airlines Flight 525 on July 30, 2011 with back injuries that did not require surgery settles case

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Robert A. Clifford

$110 Million

Robert Clifford served as lead counsel for the American Eagle Flight 4184 crash in Roselawn, Indiana in 1994. The experienced plane crash lawyer had prepared PowerPoint presentations to explain the case, videos to show the testimony of dozens of witnesses, and day-in-the-life professionally produced videos of the 16 victims he represented. As the trial was ready to begin, the defendants agreed to a record $110 million settlement and an apology in open court.

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Robert A. Clifford

$28.2 Million, $15 Million, $250,000

The passengers on United Airlines Flight 232 were thrown from the plane when it crash-landed in flames into a soybean field in Iowa in 1989. The jury took less than three hours to return a verdict of $28.2 million on behalf of a 70-year-old woman with permanent injuries. Robert Clifford, airplane crash attorney, also obtained a $15 million settlement for a father who lost his wife and daughter and an additional $250,000 donated for a bereavement center at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago in their names.

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Richard F. Burke, Jr., Robert A. Clifford

$4.7 Million

Tarom Airlines Flight 371 crashed in Bucharest, Romania, on March 31, 1995, while en route to Brussels, Belgium, killing all 60 people aboard. Therese Chung, a business consultant, was killed on the flight. The Romanian Transport Ministry found that the cause of the Airbus crash, and French and Belgian experts agreed, was that the pilot became affected by health problems shortly after takeoff causing the aircraft to go into a spin when the throttle fell idle. The co-pilot was able to switch on the autopilot, but this function refused to carry out the procedure because the necessary parameters were not met, according to the chief inspector of the Romanian Civil Aviation Authority. Richard Burke flew to France to take the depositions of airline employees, then settled the matter for $4.7 million.

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Kevin P. Durkin, Robert A. Clifford

$40 Million

Alaska Air Flight 261 crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2000 carrying 88 passengers, many home-bound for Seattle from sunny Puerto Vallarta. We represented seven families who lost loved ones. Aviation attorney Kevin Durkin deposed more than 80 people, including airline executives and aviation experts, over three years to determine the cause of the crash - the airplane's jackscrew system. Even though the National Transportation Safety Board gave the company a virtual pass in its report of the Accident, our airplane Accident lawyers did the work needed to prevail on behalf of the families we represented.

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Kevin P. Durkin

$4.1 Million

Our aviation attorneys obtained $4.1 million in 1998 on behalf of a photographer killed in a helicopter that crashed into a northwestern suburban home in Chicago.

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Richard F. Burke, Jr., Robert A. Clifford

$6.8 Million

Aviation Accident lawyer Richard Burke obtained a $6.8 million verdict as a result of the crash of a Piper aircraft in northwest suburban Schaumburg, Illinois on behalf of a Plainfield woman who suffered injuries as a passenger when the plane ran out of gas. The National Law Journal recognized this success as the "Verdict of the Week" in May 2002.

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Richard F. Burke, Jr.

$2.5 Million

Passenger killed in small plane crash at Palwaukee Airport outside of Chicago, Illinois.

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Kevin P. Durkin, Robert A. Clifford

Policy Limits

A small plane crashed in Woodruff, Wisconsin, killing a mother of six children and her husband, passengers on the plane. Our airplane crash attorneys obtained a policy limits settlement for the family.

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Robert A. Clifford

$900,000

Our aviation attorneys represented a 43-year-old mother of two teenagers killed in June, 1999, who was a passenger in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of Alaska. The law firm hired experts to help in the investigation and legal discovery of the helicopter Accident on behalf of the family living in Florida.

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Richard F. Burke, Jr., Robert A. Clifford

$4.2 Million

A small charter fishing plane crashed in a remote area of Canada carrying four friends on August 24, 2002. A 41-year-old business executive from Geneva, Illinois, was killed. Clifford Law Offices represented his family and obtained a $4.2 million settlement.

A newly married 27-year-old woman is killed when the wing of an aging seaplane sheared off immediately after take-off to the Bahamas from Miami.

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Richard F. Burke, Jr., Robert A. Clifford

$10.45 and $13.5 Million

Airplane crash attorney Richard Burke obtained a $10.45 million verdict following a five-week trial on behalf of the family of a pilot who died when a private Gulfstream IV jet crashed. He also obtained a $13.5 million settlement on behalf of a passenger killed in the same crash.

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Robert A. Clifford

$10 Million

Our plane crash attorneys obtained $10 million settlement for the family of a Brazilian entrepreneur who was killed with his wife as they took a short helicopter flight from New York to New Jersey.

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Michael S. Krzak, Robert A. Clifford

Confidential

Five families who lost loved ones in the Comair crash in Lexington, Kentucky; pilots directed the plane down a runway that was under construction.

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Robert A. Clifford

$2.5 Million

A 60-year-old student pilot dies when plane crashes during instruction flight from Wisconsin to Minnesota.

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Richard F. Burke, Jr.

$6,800,000 Verdict

Female passenger suffers head trauma and multiple limb fractures when small aircraft crashed in northwestern suburbs after running out of gas.

Our Success Stories

Our dedication and hard work have led to many favorable outcomes over the past 30 years. Over the past two decades, we have obtained more than $2 billion on behalf of our clients.

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